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http://www.blendtec.com/blog/19-unique-uses-for-baking-soda/#respondMon, 15 Jul 2013 12:00:00 +0000http://stage.blendtec.com/blog/?p=4998At Blendtec, we're huge proponents of homemade. It's cheaper, and it's healthier! A few weeks back we had a post on the many different uses for coconut oil. After learning that you can make your own toothpaste just by combining coconut oil, baking soda and peppermint oil, we decided to see what else we could do with baking soda.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about unique uses for coconut oil. While writing that post, I learned you can make your own toothpaste by combining coconut oil, baking soda, and peppermint oil. My curiosity piqued, I decided to see what else I could make at home with natural ingredients. I learned that there are literally thousands of uses for baking soda—it’s quite an amazing product. Here’s a list of 19 of the more unique uses I found for baking soda.

Toothpaste: Combine baking soda, coconut oil, and peppermint extract to make a paste.

Soil acidity tester: Many plants and flowers grow best in slightly acidic soil. To check the acidity of your soil, mix ¼ cup baking soda with 2 cups water. Then add 1 cup of your soil. If it foams, your soil is acidic.

Hair cleanser: Add a pinch or two of baking soda to your shampoo every once in a while to remove hair-product buildup.

Bath bombs: Combine baking soda, citric acid, and melted jojoba oil or cocoa butter. Form the mixture into balls, and let them solidify overnight. Add 1 or 2 balls to your next bath for a relaxing experience.

Let me know in the comments which of these baking soda uses you’re going to try.